Monday, January 21, 2013

The Lives We Lost by Megan Crewe

Synopsis: First, the virus took Kaelyn’s friends. Then, her family. Now it’s taken
away her home.

But she can't look back—the life she once had is gone forever.

A deadly virus has destroyed Kaelyn’s small
island community and spread beyond the quarantine. No one is safe. But when
Kaelyn finds samples of a vaccine in her father's abandoned lab, she knows
there must be someone, somewhere, who can replicate it. As Kaelyn and her
friends head to the mainland, they encounter a world beyond recognition. It’s
not only the “friendly flu” that’s a killer—there are people who will stop at
nothing to get their hands on the vaccine. How much will Kaelyn risk for an
unproven cure, when the search could either destroy those she loves or save the
human race?

Megan Crewe's second volume in the Fallen World
trilogy is an action-packed journey that explores the resilience of friendship,
the ache of lost love, and Kaelyn’s enduring hope in the face of the sacrifices
she must make to stay alive.

My
Thoughts:

I love a 'good' deadly virus story, probably
because it's not too far removed from reality, nothing like a dose of paranoia
and fear to get a germ-o-phobe's heart racing. The Lives We Lost is told as a regular narrative unlike the diary entry - letter
format of the 1st book and I have to say it added a different dimension -
heightened suspense and action.

Kaelyn,
Meredith, Gav, and Tessa leave their decimated island community for the mainland
and learn as they travel across Canada that the virus has left no area
untouched and the lives they once knew are gone forever. Some characters play a lesser role this time round but new character Tobias was a welcome addition to the cast and after reading quite a bit about Leo in The Way We Fall I enjoyed him being presentin this book.

The
Lives We Lost is
a great 2nd installment, I enjoyed it just as much as The Way We Fall. It demonstrates the
continued unraveling of a society annihilated by fear and a deadly virus
and magnifies peoples' motivation on self preservation. While hope exists, no
matter how slim the thread, there will always be courageous people willing to make
difficult choices and fight for the greater good.

Can't
wait to see who's still alive come the final book in the trilogy :)